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The Tale of Zatoichi

Commander / EDH*

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Zatoichi at first seems a harmless blind masseur and gambler who roams around the country, making his living by playing dice as well as giving massages, performing acupuncture and on occasion, singing and playing music; however, secretly, he is also very highly skilled in swordsmanship in Japan, as well as Sumo wrestling and kyujutsu. Little of his past is revealed other than that he lost his sight as a child when he was around eight years old, though the reason is not disclosed. Zatoichi says of himself that he became a yakuza sometime during those 3 years he spent training and that he had cut and killed many people then, the wrong people he now realized, and having since changed, knew it was time to deeply regret it. Despite that moral re-assessment, his new perspective and remorse he usually has a bounty on his head from one source or another.

Ever-wandering and sentimental drifter who protects the innocent and the helpless from oppressive or warring yakuza gangs, stops the worst of general injustice or predation and aids the misfortunate ... and often. Zatoichi's saga is essentially one of an earthy but basically good and wise man almost always humbly trying to do the decent thing and just help out, to somehow redeem himself and perhaps atone for past failings. Yet, he believes himself instead to be a stained, corrupted and evil man, irredeemable and undeserving of the love and respect that some show and rightly have for him.

Figure that's enough background on the commander theme that i'm working on. Someone suggested Ruhan of the Fomori which made sense since the Zatoichi is blind and attacks his pursuers randomly. So then I try to implement a voltron , hug me, and gambling theme to deck to match the character's personality. It's still in the brewing stage so I am open for suggestions for this deck.

I'll post the alter of my commander later on.

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(10 years ago)

+1 Adarkar Wastes main
-1 Austere Command main
-1 Avarice Amulet main
-1 Avatar of Slaughter main
+1 Battlefield Forge main
-1 Blighted Agent main
-1 Blind Seer main
-1 Blue Sun's Zenith main
-1 Boseiju, Who Shelters All main
-1 Briber's Purse main
-1 Brothers Yamazaki main
-1 Caged Sun main
-1 Champion's Helm main
+1 Clifftop Retreat main
+2 Command Tower main
-1 Crooked Scales main
-1 Daring Thief main
-1 Darksteel Garrison main
-1 Day of Judgment main
-1 Deathrender main
and 87 other change(s)
Date added 10 years
Last updated 10 years
Legality

This deck is Commander / EDH legal.

Rarity (main - side)

5 - 0 Mythic Rares

50 - 0 Rares

29 - 0 Uncommons

7 - 0 Commons

Cards 100
Avg. CMC 2.78
Tokens 5/5 U Token Creature Dragon Spirit
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